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1.Nc3 Nf6 2.d4 d6 3.e4 g6 4.f4
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| Via a slight transposition we have reached the starting point of the Austrian Attack |
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4...Bg7 5.Nf3 0-0 6.Be2
Developing the white king's bishop to d3 is commoner.
6... c6
Black's more popular reply is 6...c5!?, the idea being to meet 7.dxc5 with 7...Qa5.
7.a4
Normal is castling.
7...Nbd7 8.0-0 Qc7?!
Preparing ...e5, but Stockfish16 and Komodo14.1 reckon this is too slow, wanting to play the immediate 8...e5!?, meeting 9.dxe5 dxe5 10.fxe5 with 10,,,Ng4.
9.e5 Nd5 10.Ne4
Stockfish16 suggests what seems to be a novelty in 10.Nxd5!?, and after 10...cxd5 continuing 11.Ng5!?, claiming White is positionally winning, although Komodo14.1 gives White just a slight edge.
10...c5?
This is a mistake because it unprotects the king's knight. The engines prefer the known moves 10...Rd8 and 10...a5.
11.dxc5 Nb4 12.exd6
Even stronger, according to the engines, is 12.cxd6!? Qxc2 13.dxe7 Re8 14.Qxc2 Nxc2 15.Rb1.
12...exd6 13.c3 Nc6?
Black should play 13...d5 or 13...Nxc5.
14.Qxd6 Qd8!?
Objectively better, at least according to the engines, is swoping queens, but as DK pointed out in the postmortem, Black is then two pawns down and with little hope of conjuring a swindle.
15.Bc4 Re8?
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| White to play and win |
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16.Bxf7+! Kxf7 17.Neg5+ Kg8 18.Qd5+ 1-0
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